Grant Accountant
Position Title
Job Duties
Department
Required Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
Compensation
Contact Information
Reasonable Accommodations
Employment Opportunities
Key Job Responsibilities
Serves as subject matter experts to leadership, staff, and institutional stakeholders regarding sponsored programs accounting and financial operations, policies, and procedures
Leads or assists with the implementation of campus-wide financial administration initiatives, process improvements, programs, policies, and procedures to ensure compliance with applicable sponsored programs rules and regulations
Analyzes, interprets, and processes complex extramural award actions to ensure financial requirements per federal, state, university, and sponsor regulations are followed on behalf of the institution
Develops, organizes, prepares, and updates complex financial data, journals, accounts, ledgers, reconciliations, reports, and invoices for various financial needs within the enterprise resource planning (ERP) financial system for sponsored programs
Audits and approves financial transactions such as subaward invoices, PI transfers, refunds, payments, cost transfers and fiscal closeout of awards and projects
Maintains Sponsored Programs automated financial systems, and develops, and documents controls to ensure system reliability and data integrity
Department
The Office of Sponsored Programs, the Office of Undergraduate Research, as well as several research centers.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting, Finance, Business, or related field
- Two years of accounting experience may be substituted if bachelor’s degree is not in a related field
- Minimum of one year accounting experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Evidence of possessing the understanding of generally accepted accounting principles
- Working knowledge of “Uniform Administrative Requirements, Cost Principles, and Audit Requirements for Federal Awards (2 CFR 200)
- Broad understanding of complex State, UWSA, and UWM policies and procedures, rules and regulations that govern fiscal activities at the University
- Evidence of experience with, or knowledge of online financial systems
- Evidence of University of Wisconsin accounting system knowledge
- Experience with budgets and budget monitoring
- Evidence of strong customer service skills
- Evidence of highly developed problem-solving abilities
- Evidence of strong analytical skills
Compensation
$59,300 - $67,000 (Final salary offer will be determined based on qualifications and experience)
Contact Information
To apply, interested applicants please apply on-line no later than July 30, 2026. Please include both a resume and cover letter for consideration.
For questions, please contact Amy Rehfeldt at rehfelda@uwm.edu
Reasonable Accommodations
Pursuant to university policy, UWM provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities who are employees or applicants for employment. Employment opportunities will not be denied because of the need to make reasonable accommodations for a qualified individual with a disability.
Employment Opportunities
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Confidentiality of Applicant Materials
UWM is a State agency and subject to Wisconsin’s Open Records Law. UWM will not, however, reveal the identities of applicants who request confidentiality in writing except as may be required by Wisconsin’s Open Records law. In certain circumstances, the identities of “final candidates” and/or the identity of the appointed applicant must be revealed upon request.